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godmother

[god-muhth-er] / ˈgɒdˌmʌð ər /
NOUN
female sponsor
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Tonight, the beloved crooner Pancho Barraza is performing and Vallejo is going with his mom, sister, aunt and godmother.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, Meta head Mark Zuckerberg, X owner Elon Musk and AI "godmother" Fei-Fei Li are among those depicted on one of the magazine's two covers.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

It belonged to Jean's godmother Jeanne Baudot, a friend and student of Renoir's, who passed the painting on to her inheritors.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

She adds she’s been in nurturing positions her entire life — to her younger sister Elle, and to the daughters of her best friend, who are 5 and 2, as their godmother.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

When she had stamped out every ray of hope, destroyed their lives completely, like a fairy godmother she presented them with a solution.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy



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